When we land in Aqaba there are at least 25°C, it’s
cool, and I'm happy to spend this vacation with some new friends: Raffaella and
Dario. We take an anonymous triple room in a 3-star hotel and go out
immediately to look for a typical restaurant to have lunch. Then we move to the
seafront to take a walk and get to know the habits and customs of the place.
The next day, our journey through the Jordan's most
popular destinations begins.
Petra, a magical and enchanted place… it’s difficult
to understand how they were able to create something so magnificent. The site
is very large, it takes at least 2 full days to visit it without hurrying. We
admire it in a single day and quickly. Today, we walk for 16 km ... Sorry, they
walk! Unfortunately, I don’t have the proper footwear and I'm forced to rent a
donkey with its master to take me to the top of the mountain in order to see
the famous Monastery. 832 steps… I could have never made it, even if I had had the
mountain boots. The donkey works also for me! It doesn’t seem tired; usually, it's
used to carry 100/150 kg of pure American women stuffed with McDonald, so when
it saw me, it must have breathed a sigh of relief! And don't think that I don’t
make any effort! I do a hard work with my arms trying to not fall off the
donkey ... I am even reached by Franco, the team leader, an overactive
70-year-old man ... too much active!
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| The Treasury at Petra. 2010 © Giovanna Puccia. All right are reserved. |
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| The Monastery ofi Petra.2010 © Giovanna Puccia. All right are reserved. |
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| The Canyon of Petra. 2010 © Giovanna Puccia. All right are reserved. |
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| The Roman theater. |
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| 2010 © Giovanna Puccia. All right are reserved. |
Here's the video of my trip to Jordan in March 2010.
The video can also be seen directly on youtube at this
link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWZcw-qO6HI
Keep reading.... My travel story continues in the next post!
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